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Originally Posted by Deviaant
Treat the root cause and all this goes away. The housing first mandate homeless shelters have is stupid and the definition of passing the buck.
Anybody else notice the major uptick in panhandling at red lights? I'm in the ne and yeah I'm not in an affluent area of the city but to ship the "homeless" out to one area is stupid. Darn near every intersection in my area has a rotating shift of aggressive panhandlers.
Sort out the root issues and most are mental health and a lot of the issues we see today go away. Forced confinement is not the answer, odds are they will just use again because we have not addressed the root issues.
I say we should not fund homeless shelters that follow housing first, it's just passing the buck, it's not a solution. It's a way for these shelters to pat themselves on the back and say hey look at how many people we housed we are doing great. Now give us more money.
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But treatment needs to be imposed, not optional. If someone already has mental health or substance abuse issues and is non-compliant with voluntary programs, we need to address the non-compliance. If you break the law, you get arrested and sent to prison, but inside that prison system we need to have a program to rehabilitate you. We need a program to fix root cause, and we need a way to enforce compliance.
I remember talking about the function of the justice system with regards to restitution vs rehabilitation back in high school. I don't think either are getting handled terribly well.